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词汇 zillionaire
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Definition of zillionaire in English:

zillionaire

nounˈziljənɛːˌzilyəˈner
informal
  • An extremely rich person.

    〈非正式〉超级富豪,富可敌国的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If this guy lived in Silicon Valley, he might be a zillionaire today.
    • The Indian middle classes are fast being Americanised, with the mid-Atlantic masala twang and the mobile telephone washing through the ranks of the rupee zillionaires on a tidal wave.
    • They blabbed about their time in the desert, became zillionaires and ruined it for everyone who fancied earning a bit more than the king's shilling.
    • I hate companies that say ‘we're only going to pay you half what you're worth, but the stock options will make you a zillionaire when we go public!’
    • From the right's point of view, you couldn't invent a better caricature of a New Age Hollywood zillionaire to be the public face of the anti-war movement.
    • You never know, this time next year we could be zillionaires.
    • IfI were a zillionaire, I'd live in a castle and operate out of the cozy centers of the spaces.
    • The implication throughout the chapter is that these superachievers and zillionaires owe him favors and see him as a brother.
    • Now, here we've got a zillionaire with all the money in the world to buy whatever identity he wants to buy from anywhere at any price.
    • Then they think you're a zillionaire or something.
    • Wayans Manor was the kind of house the Munsters would have lived in if they'd been zillionaires.
    • Gibson's a zillionaire, and Smith's a multi-gazillionaire.
    • So this is the zillionaire luxury yacht lifestyle.
    • I'm not about to become a zillionaire as a result, but I am making more money.
    • I'm guessing you're something of a zillionaire?
    • If I extrapolate this far enough, I'll be a zillionaire!
    • Eriksson quits as a result and is later seen in Chelsea village dining with a Russian zillionaire.
    Synonyms
    magnate, mogul, big businessman, baron, merchant prince, captain of industry, industrialist, financier, top executive, chief, lord, magnifico, nabob, grandee

Origin

1940s: from zillion, on the pattern of millionaire.

Definition of zillionaire in US English:

zillionaire

nounˌzilyəˈner
informal
  • An extremely rich person.

    〈非正式〉超级富豪,富可敌国的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm not about to become a zillionaire as a result, but I am making more money.
    • I hate companies that say ‘we're only going to pay you half what you're worth, but the stock options will make you a zillionaire when we go public!’
    • Gibson's a zillionaire, and Smith's a multi-gazillionaire.
    • From the right's point of view, you couldn't invent a better caricature of a New Age Hollywood zillionaire to be the public face of the anti-war movement.
    • IfI were a zillionaire, I'd live in a castle and operate out of the cozy centers of the spaces.
    • Now, here we've got a zillionaire with all the money in the world to buy whatever identity he wants to buy from anywhere at any price.
    • You never know, this time next year we could be zillionaires.
    • So this is the zillionaire luxury yacht lifestyle.
    • The implication throughout the chapter is that these superachievers and zillionaires owe him favors and see him as a brother.
    • Eriksson quits as a result and is later seen in Chelsea village dining with a Russian zillionaire.
    • Wayans Manor was the kind of house the Munsters would have lived in if they'd been zillionaires.
    • The Indian middle classes are fast being Americanised, with the mid-Atlantic masala twang and the mobile telephone washing through the ranks of the rupee zillionaires on a tidal wave.
    • I'm guessing you're something of a zillionaire?
    • They blabbed about their time in the desert, became zillionaires and ruined it for everyone who fancied earning a bit more than the king's shilling.
    • Then they think you're a zillionaire or something.
    • If this guy lived in Silicon Valley, he might be a zillionaire today.
    • If I extrapolate this far enough, I'll be a zillionaire!
    Synonyms
    magnate, mogul, big businessman, baron, merchant prince, captain of industry, industrialist, financier, top executive, chief, lord, magnifico, nabob, grandee

Origin

1940s: from zillion, on the pattern of millionaire.

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